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I'm envious of that tire changer & tool rack..Too Cool

Forgot to mention the station is celebrating its 87th birthday this month. The station opened in early May 1932 20190514_025552 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

I literally laughed out loud when I read this headline, must have been a slow news day 20190513_214009 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20190513_214108 by Joe Unger, on Flickr Spent a couple hours power washing the drive to get the residue left from the concrete work off and moved everything back...

You did, fortunately for the ladies well being the concrete had cured enough that she didn't leave a foot print. I just shake my head at how some people are just totally oblivious to the obvious. You just can't fix stupid. 2019-05-12_10-29-47 by Joe Unger, on Flickr Neat story with the...

One step closer to getting the sign pole put up. Wet spring weather played into my favor this week, as soggy ground put many of my concrete contractors scheduled work on hold. Because of that he was able to get my project done 6 or 7 weeks sooner than expected. IMG_20190510_211629_559 by Joe...

I was going to wait until work started on this project to bring it up, but with this article in the newspaper today I figured it would be a good time to let the cat out of the bag so to speak. The middle of last summer a local non-profit came to me asking if I would be interested in doing a...

We get a lot of wind just like I'm sure you do in Kansas, I want to make sure it stays in place. The footing will be 5 feet deep, 2 feet diameter with the anchor studs embedded in the concrete.

It will be going up by the sidewalk to the north of Dino, right at the end of the wall. That is the main east/west corridor through town. When the station was open it was still Iowa 141. The original sign pole was in basically the same spot just on the east side of the drive right on the corner.

I got the Sinclair Oils sign up today. I think it looks pretty dang good. 20190416_174210 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20190416_164250 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20190416_180236 by Joe Unger, on Flickr Test fit on the sign pole. Its right at 15 feet total height. 20190414_163305 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

Picked this up a couple weeks ago, thought it was pretty dang cool. 20190408_132644 by Joe Unger, on Flickr Been working on a couple sign projects for the building. The sign pole and ring is now media blasted and in primer. Maybe one evening this week they will get some black paint. I met...

I actually have two of those pictures hanging in the station (the 2 inside pics). They have a bit of a story behind them. That was a station in southern Missouri that was one of the winners of a contest Sinclair done in 1956 called "The winning look" It was a contest amongst Sinclair stations to...

Some warmer weather has finally arrived. Done a little blasting on the sign pole. It cleaned up pretty well. Still need to get the ring blasted. I plan on getting my concrete guy out this week to see what its going to take to get a base poured to anchor the pole to. 20190324_125952 by Joe...

I've had that same 3-in-1 for 5 or 6 years now. Its been good to me. I use the shear the most, but the press brake comes in handy from time to time. 2019-03-17_10-45-38 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

Happy Saint Pats from the green guy IMG_20190317_095706_003 by Joe Unger, on Flickr A few have asked about progress on other projects, winter time is an extremely busy time of year for us at the factory so my spare time is limited. Progress has been slow. I spent some time yesterday...

I have read about the Perry, GA station. There is also one in Perry, Oklahoma that is still open today. I believe it dates back to around 1937 if my memory serves me correct. I would like to thank you for the link to the thread on the HAMB. I borrowed several pics from it. :thumbup:

I spent a couple hours yesterday basically rearranging about 3/4ths of all the signs in the front bay to make room for a sign pole banner and heavy cardstock sign I bought from a Nebraska auction a couple weeks ago, I was excited to get them especially the atomic blast one. 20190308_213403...

Best advice I can give is keep an eye on craiglist or Facebook ads from the Texas/Oklahoma areas. I see the smaller 4ft tall ones advertised quite a bit. The taller 6ft ones like I have I've only seen a couple in the last few years.

Its been all snow for us, we broke a snow fall record for the month of February. So far the first week of March isn't looking much better 20190218_021235 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20190223_181411 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

Been a minute since I have been on here. Lots of planning for spring projects, but other than a few new display items there hasn't been much to talk about. Looking forward to getting through this winter. the last month and a half has been pretty brutal. 20190212_095922 by Joe Unger, on Flickr...

Typically they are either black or white. I'm going with black.. All the street light poles in the downtown district are black, i want the sign to compliment the streetscape not be the main focus.